The 234th day of resisting the Russian full-scale invasion has started. The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to reach the administrative border of Donetsk Region, as well as to hold the seized areas of Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya and Mykolaiv regions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of the positions in separate areas and conducting aerial reconnaissance, raising reserves, carrying out mobilization, and recruiting mercenaries.
The enemy does not stop striking the critical infrastructure and civilian facilities of our country. During the past 24 hours, objects and peaceful citizens of the settlements of Brody, Nalyvaykivka of Kyiv Region, Mykolaiv and Nikopol were damaged.
The enemy used cruise, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and strike unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production to carry out the strikes. In general, over the past day, the occupiers have launched 2 rocket and 16 air strikes, carried out more than 70 MLRS attacks.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly.
The enemy fired in other areas:
in the Siversk area - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the vicinity of the settlements of Ukrainske, Atynske, Velyka Rybytsia of the Sumy Region and Mykolaivka of the Chernihiv Region;
in the Slobozhansk area - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the vicinity of the settlements of Strilecha, Ohirtseve, Starytsa, Hatyshche, Dvorichna and Hryanikyvka;
in the Kramatorsk area - from the artillery of various types, in the vicinity of the settlements of Spirne, Terny, Zarichne, Nadiya, Olhivka, Torske, Bilohorivka, Yampolivka and Travneve;
in the Bakhmut area - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the vicinity of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Ivanhrad, Zelenopillya, Soledar, Mayorsk, Chasiv Yar and Opytne;
in the Avdiyivka area - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Avdiyivka, Krasnohorivka, Vodyane, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske, Pervomayske, and Zolota Nyva settlements.
in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhya areas, in the vicinity of the settlements of Vuhledar, Novoukrayinka, Vremivka, Novoandriyivka, Novodanylivka, Dorozhnianka, Hulyaipole and Komyshuvaha were shelled.
Areas of settlements near the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buh area. Nikopol and Vyshchetarasivka were directly affected by the fire of the occupiers.
In the city of Enerhodar, on October 10-11, an increase in the personnel of the russian occupying forces was noted on the territory of the nuclear power plant. According to the available information, the occupiers use the station as a base for the placement of personnel, since the object is not fired upon.
The enemy is intensifying regime measures. At the checkpoints around Melitopol, to conduct thorough searches, representatives of the russian federal security service (FSB), together with ordinary military personnel, are present.
To replenish the losses in manpower, the russian military leadership does not stop the practice of recruiting mercenaries. In particular, citizens of other countries. It became known about the arrival of about four hundred foreign militants on the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea on October 9 of this year. In the future, it is planned to involve them in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
In addition, in Primorsko-Akhtarsk of the Krasnodar Territory, the sending of demobilized persons to the training centers of the armed forces of the russian federation has been suspended until November 1. All because these institutions are not ready to accommodate, train and comprehensively provide a large number of servicemen.
Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces repelled enemy attacks in the area of Terny, Opytne, Vesele, Nevelske, Odradivka, Ivanhrad, Bakhmut, Nova Kamyanka and Suhyy Stavok settlements.
During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defence Forces carried out 25 strikes. Damage to more than 19 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, has been confirmed. In addition, our air defence units shot down 5 cruise missiles and 9 UAVs.
Missile troops and artillery hit 3 control points, 5 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 2 ammunition depots during the day. An enemy electronic warfare station also fell into the zone of fire damage.